University of North Florida
1-2
FIU
1-2
Women's Soccer Outlasts FIU in Overtime, 1-0
8/26/2021 8:59:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MIAMI, Fla. -- For the second straight match the North Florida women's soccer team played into overtime but against FIU on Thursday night the Ospreys earned the hard fought 1-0 victory on a goal from Thais Reiss.
RECORDS
North Florida | 2-1-0
FIU | 1-2-0
GOALS
UNF - 91' | Thais Reiss (Carmel Oliveira, Emma Voigt)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The scoreless first half saw FIU start and finish with a flurry while the Ospreys controlled the run of play over the middle portion of the period
- In the second half, North Florida became much more aggressive on the offensive end, dominating possession and creating several quality scoring opportunities
- FIU netminder Ithaisa Vinoly was up the challenge, collecting five stops in the period and turning away a pair of late scoring threats from UNF with diving saves
- The Ospreys struck quickly in overtime as ASUN Player of the Year Thais Reiss tucked a flying volley just inside the right post | Emma Voigt got the scoring play started by taking the ball from an FIU player in the left corner and dribbling into the box where she dropped a short pass to Carmel Oliveira, who lofted a curling service across the front of the goal to a waiting Reiss
QUICK KICKS
- The goal is the 2nd of the season for Reiss | It marks her 35th career goal, ranking tied for 3rd all-time at UNF | Marks her 15th career match-winning score
- Goalkeeper Mercedes Sapp collected a career best 8 saves en route to her first shutout of the year | It marks the 6th career clean sheet for Sapp
- North Florida improves to 5-3-1 against FIU with tonight's win marking the fourth straight in the series for UNF
- Ospreys outshot the Panthers, 17-11
- 20 UNF players saw action in the contest
UP NEXT
North Florida makes its Hodges Stadium debut and kicks off a three-match home stand on Sunday against Mercer at 6 p.m.
FAULCONER TALE
"Always nice to win on the road and rebound from a loss. That is what we did tonight. We learned a lot about our team and the adjustments we need to make going forward. We have a good team and as the game wore on, we started to take over the match. We will enjoy the win and get ready for Mercer at home on Sunday." - Head coach Eric Faulconer
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Team Stats
Reiss, Thais (2)
Assisted By: Oliveira, Carmel , Voigt, Emma
GOAL by UNFW Reiss, Thais (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Oliveira, Carmel and Voigt, Emma, goal number 2 for season.
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